October 14, 2011
“This American Life” segment on Bas Jan Ader Episode 20:  FROM A DISTANCE Originally aired 04.19.1996 ACT ONE. IN SEARCH OF THE MIRACULOUS. Erika Yeomans sees a young man’s photo in an art magazine and decides to track him down. Problem is: he’s Dutch, he’s a performance artist, and he’s dead. Supposedly. That doesn’t stop her from creating her own mission to get near him — a mission that turns out to mirror certain things about his life. [link] [Bas Jan Ader.com]

“This American Life” segment on Bas Jan Ader

Episode 20: 

FROM A DISTANCE

Originally aired 04.19.1996

ACT ONE. IN SEARCH OF THE MIRACULOUS.

Erika Yeomans sees a young man’s photo in an art magazine and decides to track him down. Problem is: he’s Dutch, he’s a performance artist, and he’s dead. Supposedly. That doesn’t stop her from creating her own mission to get near him — a mission that turns out to mirror certain things about his life.

[link]

[Bas Jan Ader.com]

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